Two posts in one day

See what happens when the rain doesn't stop... I am computer bound... LOL!

I wanted to share with you a couple of things that happened here today.

First are the two things that I found on line that I thought were interesting.

5 reasons high frutrose will kill you

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Celebrate Sustainablility.....On Food Day 2011

I had to be the great hunter today and kill the biggest centipede of my life. Now I'm no little girl when it comes to bugs. They may startle me if they catch me unaware. But this thing was like dinosaure huge. And of course it is running around the bathtub, I had to hit it twice before it died. LOL! Sorry no pictures I was to busy yelling for someone to get me a shoe!

Picky wanted to help warm up the house.... heat has been off for almost a month now and my bill reflects it....Yeah! But anyways, she decided to make whoopie pies... it was from a mix and I had bought the pans a couple months ago and never used it. They didn't taste to bad but you can definately tell that it was from a mix. I figure by next year she will be ready to take on cakes without a mix. Plus, that gives her time to bake through all the mixes I have in the cupboard.

There are only 27 days of school left! Can you tell who is happy school is almost out! Yep, me!!!!! Cause once school is out I only work 1 more bingo and I am done for the summer.

With not going to the gym and tweaking my diet, I think my body is leveling out. This morning I am down 2 pounds from where I was a week ago. This past week my weight was going all over the place. But that's what happens when I eat garbage. and try to do to much at the gym. I just can't believe how much weight I have already lost! 20 pounds!!! I also got the lastest blood results

May

211 total 266 in Jan

120 triglycerides 150 in Jan

37 HDL 30 in Jan

150 LDL 160 in Jan

Last time the total, HDL & LDL were all bad. Now the triglycerides and the HDL are in the normal range. And I am just borderline for the total and LDL. She wants me to come back in.... in 6 months to have more blood drawn. By then I should have lost at least another 26 pounds.... And hopefully, then I will only need to be checked once a year to see if there is a problem. Wow, I can't even picture myself that skinny. I haven't weight that much since about 3 months into my first pregnancy. Over 17 years ago.

Gotta Run,

Yart

The results are in....

I have a high cholesterol number for not fasting.... It scared me very badly thinking that something that I have very much control over was out of control. So I have recommitted myself to diet and exercise with my doctors blessing. She agrees that I need to try a few other things first before we go the medication route.... So happy about that!!!!

I have added to my daily regime Red Yeast Rice with CoQ10 and Omega-3 fish oil in conjunction with all the other supplements I'm on. Doc even said that exercise is not a problem for me. Thank the gods that I have no other health concerns.

The down side is that because I am so young if this doesn't come down, I'm going to have big problems for the rest of my life. I plan on being around for a very long time to come. So with that said.....

Grim and I have been back to the gym everyday. I have cut out the majority of cholesterol from my diet. And I am going on the 400 calorie fix diet. The diet is from 1200 to 1600 calories a day. This is doable. Really it is to the point that I am eating way more real food and I'm full not wanting anything else..... ( Well at least up until the sun goes down and I want snacks.) But I have a plan for that also! Pretzels and fruit!!!

Doc wants to see my back the end of April. She will draw more blood then and wants to see that I have lost 12 pounds. Like I said it is doable. A pound a week for the next 12 weeks.

Here is what I have been doing:
2 ounces of walnuts a day
30 minutes or more of walking/exercise
eating cheerios w/almond milk for breakfast
logging everything I eat on spark people
taking the new supplement
adding benefiber to my diet.....2teaspoons to start
eating 400 calorie meals +/- a few calories

Since I went to the doctors 2 weeks ago I have lost 1 pound. I know it could be water weight.... But I'm taking it dammit! LOL~!

As far as the anxiety.... Got that figured out... I now know what was causing it and I have dealt with the problem instead of medicating. And the shakes.... I have been eating snacks later in the evening and the shakes when I wake up are gone... Must be part of the hypoglycemia. I don't care they are gone for now... If they come back then I will deal with them then. No Parkinson's, thank the gods!!!

With all of this yucky medical stuff going on, scaring the begesus out of me..... I haven't felt up to doing much. But that didn't stop me from shopping.... Shopping always makes me feel better....ahhhhhhh! Oh well, the family kind of called my bluff. See I can sew, somewhat..... Straight lines, almost! How this all came about was that we got talking about the SHTF. Picky monster said we will be ok, cause mom can doing most of the stuff we buy. She can cook from nothing and can keep us warm and make our clothes. I can cook from nothing and I can sew and work yarn for blankets to keep them warm, but I don't know how to sew clothes. Never thought I needed to know how. I know I run a sustainability blog and didn't think I would need to sew clothes.... Guess where my head was......?!? Maybe it was just a denial thing..... if I don't think about it I won't ever have to do it.

So what do you think I did? I went the store and looked for patterns. And it just so happened that they were on sale for $.99 each. Simplicity patterns for that little, tiny bit of money. Of course you know what I did. Yep, I made Grim sit down with one book and me with another. We picked out a lot of patterns. Then I got the fabric and accompanying notions. I am going to make 4 dressed for me and 2 dress shirts for him.

I guess since the Biggest Loser is almost on I will have to start on them tomorrow.

Gotta Run,
Yart